The lynx spider (Peucetia viridans) with the season's 1st egg sac, seen here, has moved her sac from place to place. Initially she was located in the African basil, then she moved to a flower spike of Salvia 'Indigo Spires'.
Recently she's been sunning on a leaf of Salvia 'Waverly' with the pale pink flowers and name I can never remember except by using the reference 'Wire-ly' which describes this plant's habit as it doesn't quite get enough sun in my yard and stretches through the fence for support. Anyway, these lynx spider moms do move the egg sac around for whatever reasons: to get out of the rain, to sun themselves and/or the eggs, to get to a better hunting spot, maybe to get away from potential egg predators; I dunno, do spiders get bored?
This morning this spider (Egg sac #1) was having an earwig meal while standing guard over her egg sac in the sun.
Here is a cluster of A. iteaphylla blossoms for your viewing pleasure.
After a couple days, Yellow sac is still in approximately although not exactly the same spot on the lavender, and her egg sac has faded to olive greenish.
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I love the idea of nomadic spiders, carting their children around on tour throughout the garden.
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